Can't get Python to import from a different folder

Question

I can't seem to get Python to import a module in a subfolder. I get the error when I try to create an instance of the class from the imported module, but the import itself succeeds. Here is my directory structure:

Server     -server.py     -Models         --user.py 

Here's the contents of server.py:

from sys import path from os import getcwd path.append(getcwd() + "\\models") #Yes, i'm on windows print path import user  u=user.User() #error on this line 

And user.py:

class User(Entity):     using_options(tablename='users')      username = Field(String(15))     password = Field(String(64))     email    = Field(String(50))     status   = Field(Integer)     created  = Field(DateTime) 

The error is: AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'User'

Answer 1

I believe you need to create a file called __init__.py in the Models directory so that python treats it as a module.

Then you can do:

from Models.user import User 

You can include code in the __init__.py (for instance initialization code that a few different classes need) or leave it blank. But it must be there.

Answer 2

You have to create __init__.py on the Models subfolder. The file may be empty. It defines a package.

Then you can do:

from Models.user import User 

Read all about it in python tutorial, here.

There is also a good article about file organization of python projects here.